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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Wichita, KS

July 28, 2016Kingman County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 2016, 8:18 PM CDT for Kingman County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 28, 2016, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2016, 8:47 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 2.0 in

County Kingman County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 28, 8:34 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 N Zenda, KS	THIN FUNNEL HALF WAY TO THE GROUND.
Jul 28, 8:34 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	3 N Zenda, KS	50 TO 60 MPH WINDS.
Jul 28, 8:41 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 N Zenda, KS	POWER POLE SNAPPED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 28, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 733 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2192 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

498 
WFUS53 KICT 290118
TORICT
KSC095-290200-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0019.160729T0118Z-160729T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
818 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 817 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF
  CUNNINGHAM...OR 11 MILES WEST OF KINGMAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
  MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. 

  SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  WESTERN KINGMAN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
  WILLOWDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3764 9838 3766 9822 3747 9812 3744 9836
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 333DEG 15KT 3762 9832 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

DARMOFAL

2 follow-up statements

029 
WWUS53 KICT 290129
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
829 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2016

KSC095-290200-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160729T0200Z/
KINGMAN KS-
829 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
KINGMAN COUNTY...
    
AT 829 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF NASHVILLE...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF KINGMAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE
         IS LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILLOWDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3764 9838 3766 9822 3747 9812 3744 9836
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 337DEG 20KT 3753 9827 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

DARMOFAL

270 
WWUS53 KICT 290147
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
847 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2016

KSC095-290155-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160729T0200Z/
KINGMAN KS-
847 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN KINGMAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND EXITED THE
WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
HOWEVER LARGE HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AREA ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
THE AREA UNTIL 9 PM CDT. 

LAT...LON 3764 9838 3766 9822 3747 9812 3744 9836
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 333DEG 15KT 3747 9823 

$$

DARMOFAL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	26 min
Jul 28, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice	52 min
Jul 28, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Kingman, McPherson, Marion, Reno, Sedgwick	40 min
Jul 28, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Sedgwick and 1 more	45 min
Jul 28, 8:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	3 hr
Jul 28, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner	48 min
Jul 28, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	31 min
Jul 28, 9:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley, Greenwood	63 min
Jul 28, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Montgomery, Wilson, Woodson	61 min
Jul 28, 10:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	67 min
Jul 28, 11:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	36 min
Jul 28, 11:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	29 min
Jul 29, 12:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	60 min
Jul 29, 12:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	41 min
Jul 29, 2:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno	28 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.